SquirrelShell - a cross-platform alternative to (e.g.) bash and cmd.exe

http://squirrelsh.sourceforge.net/

by kaens • 17 years ago

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squirrelsh.sourceforge.net

kaens• 17 years ago

Via: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-spunix_squi...

I think I'll play around with this over the weekend (well, if I have time for it), seems like it could come in really handy.

mooism2• 17 years ago

It appears too awkward to use as an interactive shell, and looks more like an alternative to perl or python --- what advantages does it have over them?

ealar• 17 years ago

I don't understand why I would want C++ syntax when I could have python syntax for the same task? I checked and the python code for that matrix multiply is significantly shorter and arguably more readable, and that's without making a Matrix class!

smcdow• 17 years ago

Until system scripts start being written in alternative shells (which will never happen), I wouldn't bother learning any other shell than /bin/sh (and, by extension, bash). For more complex applications, stick to Python.

Also, I never really understand why everyone wants to tout the "cross-platform" nature of their applications. You always run up against OS differences fairly quickly, negating any supposed "cross-platform" benefits. Especially if you want hooks into the OS (and who doesn't want OS hooks?)

Cross-platform apps that do provide hooks into the OS are excepted: those are indeed useful: Python, etc.

omellet• 17 years ago

I can use alternative shells 'til the cows come home, but until everybody else that I work with abandons cmd.exe it's not going to be all that useful. For now I'm stuck with bad cmd scripts and python (which I love).

marcmarc• 17 years ago

The emacs shell is also cross-platform and provides the basic shell commands. It can be customized easily with pieces of elisp.

SquirrelShell - a cross-platform alternative to (e.g.) bash and cmd.exe

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